 
Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans. Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here. Jason Fry is a Brooklyn writer whose first memories include his mom leaping up and down cheering for Rusty Staub. Check out his other writing here. Got something to say? Leave a comment, or email us at faithandfear@gmail.com. (Sorry, but we have no interest in ads, sponsored content or guest posts.) Need our RSS feed? It's here. Visit our Facebook page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
Shortly after Shea Stadium completed its sixteenth season of operation as home of the New York Mets, it was busy being the home of the New York Jets. The Mets were done for the year by October. This was 1979. Competitively, the Mets were done for the year by April. Citi Field is currently in the […]  20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Postseason, Citi Field, Home, Shea Stadium How do you know things are going well? Here’s a sign: You take the lead off an opposing pitcher before he even throws a pitch. The Mets somehow did that Tuesday night, the culmination of several unlikely events. They were down 1-0 to the Pirates in the seventh after being smothered by Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones and […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Drew Smith, Jared Jones, Jeff McNeil, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Jose Hernandez, Jose Quintana, Pirates, Reed Garrett Years ago, after too many not-yet-spring days spent at Shea watching it rain, waiting in horrible lines for bad coffee or both, my wife instituted a rule: No ballpark visits before May. In recent years, as I’ve become older and grumpier and more fragile, I’ve made her rule my own. I hope Opening Day is […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brett Baty, Brewers, Carlos Mendoza, Citi Field, Discontent, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Jeff McNeil, Luis Severino, Pete Alonso, Piano Man, Rhys Hoskins, Yoan Lopez, Yohan Ramirez Last week, Major League Baseball released its schedule for next year and I shrugged. It was the epitome of too soon. But last year, when this year’s came out, I figuratively unfolded it and zeroed in on one particular box in quest of pertinent information: Would the Mets be home on July 11, 2023? They would not. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anniversaries, Beeping, Bill Veeck, Camp Day, Citi Field, Fountains of Wayne, Jeff McNeil Calling Himself Safe to No Avail, Jose Quintana, Loners in a Mood, Midweek Afternoon Games, Omar Narvaez, Promenade, Shea Stadium, Stolen Glances from Ramps, Unnatural Memory for Dates, White Sox Finally! The Mets got the Justin Verlander they paid $43 million for — the fireballer who made opponents look silly as a Houston Astro, the no-doubt-about-it Hall of Famer, the top-of-the-rotation ace. And what a difference it made. I was there, in surprisingly good Excelsior seats behind home plate (a crummy year has some silver linings), close […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Customer Service, Jeff McNeil, Justin Verlander, Pete Alonso, Piano Man, Touki Toussaint, White Sox The Mets’ losing streak is over — and so, as it happens, is mine. I went 0 for 2022. Every time I attended a Mets game they lost the damn thing, including two playoff games. The only time they won a game for which I held a ticket was Closing Day, and I bailed out of […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Citi Field, Francisco Lindor, Kodai Senga, Phillies, Ranger Suarez Because it’s too early for more complex assessments, so far the Mets new season is a stark either-or: They’re either beating up on the Marlins or getting walloped by the Brewers. Monday through Wednesday saw our gray-clad lads off under the roof in Wisconsin, where they spent two days looking gobsmacked while Bernie Brewer went down […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Cody Ross, Daniel Vogelbach, Edward Cabrera, Home Openers, Huascar Brazoban, Marlins, Out of Town Scoreboard, Scoreboards, Tylor Megill The doubt’s benefit will not be getting its projected workout, as Darin Ruf is no longer part of the Mets’ plans at the outset of the 2023 season. Ruf was designated for assignment on Monday. His assignment prior to that decision was to overcome universal skepticism wrought by contributing next to nothing in his two […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Mets, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Darin Ruf, Dennis Santana, Designated for Assignment, Dylan Bundy, K Korner, Long Island Ducks, Opening Day, Postseason Acknowledgment, Predictions, Projections, Scapegoats, Scoreboards, Time Glop is the word that occurred to me after sitting through the Mets and Pirates getting gloppy with one another at Citi Field Sunday afternoon. I don’t even know if I’ve ever used the word glop before, but it seems to fit. I had to look it up to make sure it really is a […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Darin, Citi Field, Dan Fogelberg, Daniel Vogelbach, Dark Brandon, Hit By Pitch, Jacob deGrom, Joan Hodges, Moment of Silence, Pinch-Running, Pirates, Strikeouts, Sundays, Terrance Gore, Tote Bags Not by the Mets — I was at least a reasonably well-behaved guest up in section 339 with my work colleagues, a long way from home plate and the pitches David Peterson didn’t throw in sufficient proximity to it. Rather, I’ve been banned by my kid on suspicion of being a jinx. I’m 0-for-4 in outings […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Citi Field, Cubs, David Peterson, Frustration, Losing Streaks, Starling Marte, Superstition, Sweeps |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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